Souk Ahras

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  • Locality with about 153,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 700 metres (2,290 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code QSK
  • Description: ancient city
  • Also known as
    “Soukaras”
    “Suk Aras”
    “Thagaste”

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Railway station
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Latitude
36.2864° or 36° 17′ 11″ north
Longitude
7.9511° or 7° 57′ 4″ east
UN/LOCODE
DZ QSK
Open location code
8F897XP2+HC
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Western Panjabi—“Souk Ahras” goes by many names.
ሶክ አህራስAmharic
سوق أهراسArabic
طاغاستArabic
طاغستArabic
ԹագաստեArmenian
Suk AharasAzerbaijani
ThagasteBasque
ТагастэBelarusian
সৌক আহরাসBengali
ТагастеBulgarian
TagasteCatalan
塔加斯特城Chinese
苏格艾赫拉斯Chinese
TagasteCzech
TagasteDanish
ThagasteDutch
ტოგასტაGeorgian
ΘαγάστηGreek
Souk AhrasHausa
ThagasteHausa
תאגסטהHebrew
सौक अहरासHindi
Szúk AhrászHungarian
TagasteHungarian
Souk AhrasIndonesian
ThagasteIrish
TagasteItalian
ThagasteItalian
スーク・アハラスJapanese
Souk AhrasJavanese
Suq AhrasKabyle
Сук-АхрасKazakh
Сук-АхрасKirghiz
수크아라스Korean
타가스테Korean
TagasteLatin
Suk AhrasasLithuanian
Souq AhrasLow German
Souk AhrasMalay
Souk AhrasOromo
ਸੌਕ ਅਹਰਾਸPanjabi
سوق اهراس، الجزایرPersian
Suk AhrasPolish
TagastaPolish
TagastePolish
سوق أهراسPushto
ThagasteRomanian
Сук-АхрасRussian
ТагастRussian
ТагастеRussian
ТагастRusyn
TagasteSlovenian
Souk AhrasSomali
Souk AhrasSwahili
Сук-АхрасTajik
Сук-АхрасTatar
Souk AhrasTurkish
ThagasteTurkish
Сук-АхрасUkrainian
تاگستUrdu
سوق اہراسUrdu
Souk AhrasUzbek
Souk-AhrasWelsh
سوق اہراسWestern Panjabi

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